very late to this but wanted to comment that James C. Scott writes extensively about Chandigarh (and other planned cities like Brasilia) in his opus Seeing Like a State (the third chapter, I believe?). He's relatively critical but very good on what kinds of power planned cities serve. I haven't spend much time in Chandigarh but have always found it peculiar to navigate - interesting to thin about how that interfaces with climate crisis.
very late to this but wanted to comment that James C. Scott writes extensively about Chandigarh (and other planned cities like Brasilia) in his opus Seeing Like a State (the third chapter, I believe?). He's relatively critical but very good on what kinds of power planned cities serve. I haven't spend much time in Chandigarh but have always found it peculiar to navigate - interesting to thin about how that interfaces with climate crisis.